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Game Preview: OAK @ TEX, 3:05pm, Sunday, May 11, 2008 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Oakland Athletics, 22-16, 1st, Tied

SP: Rich Harden (26, RHP, 1-0, 0.82)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (1-0)             11     7   1   1   7  15  1    0.82      
 2007 (1-2)             25.2  18   7   7  11  27  3    2.45      
 2006 (4-0)             46.2  31  22  22  26  49  5    4.24      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  36.1  28  14  14  22  39  5    3.47   55 
 2008-04-02    BOS  ND   5     4   0   0   4   6  0      86   61 
 2008-03-26    BOS   W   6     3   1   1   3   9  1      95   68 
 2007-07-07    SEA   L   2.2   5   4   4   3   1  1      66   30 
 2007-04-15    NYY  ND   6     5   1   1   2   7  0      89   63 
 2007-04-09    CHW   L   6     5   2   2   2   6  2     102   58 
 2007-04-04   @SEA   W   7     3   0   0   2   7  0      94   76 
 2006-10-01   @LAA  ND   3.2   3   6   6   6   3  1      90   28 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TEX      3-1  33.2  18  13  11  14  34  2    2.94   63 
 2006-04-26   @TEX  ND   3.1   2   3   3   3   6  0      77   47 
 2006-04-15    TEX   W   7     3   4   4   5   8  1     105   58 
 2005-07-24   @TEX   W   5.1   5   3   3   4   5  0     111   47 
 2005-07-14    TEX   W   9     2   0   0   0   8  0      81   91 
 2005-05-02    TEX   L   9     6   3   1   2   7  1     121   72 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   12-9    Road:   10-7    ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  15-9    vsLHP:   7-7    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  7-3    vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest:  5-9  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Sat, May 10  @TEX  L   4-6       22-16  1st    Tied
 37 Fri, May  9  @TEX  L   0-4       22-15  1st    Tied
 36 Wed, May  7   BAL  W   6-5 (10)  22-14  1st    Tied
 35 Tue, May  6   BAL  W   4-2       21-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 34 Mon, May  5   BAL  W   2-1 (10)  20-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 33 Sun, May  4   TEX  W   3-1       19-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 32 Sat, May  3   TEX  L   3-6       18-14  2nd  1.0 gb
 31 Fri, May  2   TEX  L   3-4       18-13  1st    Tied
 30 Thu, May  1  @LAA  W  15-8       18-12  1st    Tied
 29 Wed, Apr 30  @LAA  L   1-6       17-12  2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12
Texas Rangers, 18-20, 3rd, 4 GB, 1½ GB in WC

SP: Sidney Ponson (31, RHP, 2-0, 1.33)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (2-0)             20.1  20   7   3   4  11  0    1.33      
 2007 (2-5)             37.2  54  31  29  17  23  7    6.93      
 2006 (4-5)             85   108  62  59  36  48 10    6.25      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-3  42.2  46  22  16  14  24  3    3.38   50 
 2008-05-06   @SEA   W   7     7   1   1   1   2  0     103   60 
 2008-05-01    KCR   W   8     6   1   1   2   5  0     104   69 
 2008-04-26    MIN  ND   5.1   7   5   1   1   4  0      93   45 
 2007-05-12    DET   L   4     6   6   5   2   1  0      69   27 
 2007-05-06    BOS   L   5.1   8   4   3   4   5  0      99   39 
 2007-05-01   @TBD   W   7     5   1   1   2   5  1      90   66 
 2007-04-25    KCR   L   6     7   4   4   2   2  2     100   42 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.OAK      1-2  27    38  23  23  14  15  9    7.67   36 
 2004-08-24   @OAK   L   6     9   6   6   3   4  2     100   31 
 2004-08-18    OAK  ND   6     9   4   4   3   4  2     104   39 
 2002-05-29    OAK  ND   5     7   5   5   4   1  3     103   30 
 2002-05-23   @OAK   W   6     5   2   2   2   5  0     112   57 
 2001-08-28    OAK   L   4     8   6   6   2   1  2      77   21 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:    8-8    Road:   10-12   ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  14-14   vsLHP:   4-6    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  4-8    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest: 10-7  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 38 Sat, May 10   OAK  W   6-4       18-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 37 Fri, May  9   OAK  W   4-0       17-20  3rd  5.0 gb
 36 Thu, May  8  @SEA  W   5-0       16-20  3rd  6.0 gb
 35 Wed, May  7  @SEA  W   2-0       15-20  3rd  6.5 gb
 34 Tue, May  6  @SEA  W  10-1       14-20  3rd  7.5 gb
 33 Mon, May  5  @SEA  L   3-7       13-20  4th  7.5 gb
 32 Sun, May  4  @OAK  L   1-3       13-19  3rd  6.5 gb
 31 Sat, May  3  @OAK  W   6-3       13-18  3rd  5.5 gb
 30 Fri, May  2  @OAK  W   4-3       12-18  4th  5.5 gb
 29 Thu, May  1   KCR  W   2-1       11-18  4th  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, May 10, 2008 TEX  6  OAK  4        W:Josh Rupe (1-1), L: Dana Eveland (3-3), S: none
Fri, May 09, 2008 TEX  4  OAK  0        W:Scott Feldman (1-1), L: Greg Smith (2-2), S: none
Sun, May 04, 2008 OAK  3  TEX  1        W:Santiago Casilla (1-0), L: Scott Feldman (0-1), S: Huston Street (9)
Sat, May 03, 2008 TEX  6 @OAK  3        W:A.J. Murray (1-0), L: Chad Gaudin (3-2), S: Joaquin Benoit (1)
Fri, May 02, 2008 TEX  4 @OAK  3        W:Vicente Padilla (4-2), L: Joe Blanton (2-5), S: C.J. Wilson (7)

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 TEX 11 @OAK  9        W:John Rheinecker (3-2), L: Andrew Brown (3-3), S: Joaquin Benoit (5)
Sat, Sep 15, 2007 OAK  7  TEX  3        W:Joe Blanton (14-9), L: Brandon McCarthy (5-10), S: Alan Embree (17)
Fri, Sep 14, 2007 OAK 11  TEX  9        W:Andrew Brown (3-2), L: John Rheinecker (2-2), S: Huston Street (16)
Thu, Sep 13, 2007 OAK  6  TEX  5        W:Chad Gaudin (11-11), L: Kevin Millwood (9-12), S: Huston Street (15)
Sun, Sep 09, 2007 TEX 12  OAK  9        W:Bill White (1-0), L: Lenny DiNardo (8-9), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - TEX leads 4-1; 2007 - TEX won 10-9; 2006 - TEX won 10-9; All-Time - OAK leads 357-350

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC  5.69

LAA  4.55

SDP  3.30

RA/G

OAK  3.66

LAA  4.47

DET  5.50

BA

  

  

  

OBP

  

  

  

SLG

  

  

  

OPS

  

  

  

ERA

C. Lee  .81

E. Jackson  4.04

B. Arroyo  7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley  11.16

E. Jackson  6.17

J. Garland  2.07

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Oakland Athletics Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.24 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Ponson
G/S/vB
53.Benoit
G/S/vB
50.Francisco
G/S/vB
54.German
G/S/vB
18.Guardado*
G/S/vB
59.Rupe
G/S/vB
36.Wilson*
G/S/vB
45.Wright
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Barton* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 157/114 .231/.338/.321/.658 .621/.672 .654 100/.627 0/0 1/
18.Bowen# G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/1.000 16/13 .200/.250/.200/.450 .667/.397 .347 11/.473 0/0 0/
8.Brown G/S/vP 4/.833 5/1.200 2/3.000 7/.929 1/no AB 3/.666 6/.000 7/.572 148/100 .279/.304/.393/.697 .822/.636 .737 110/.703 1/0 3/
7.Crosby G/S/vP 3/.000 13/.641 8/.542 2/.000 3/.333 2/1.000 2/.000 8/.833 161/116 .253/.323/.370/.693 .814/.648 .600 108/.623 0/1 2/
32.Cust* G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 5/.200 ··· 2/.500 2/3.000 7/.686 6/1.000 127/96 .258/.433/.423/.856 .753/.890 .897 82/1.016 0/0 4/
38.Davis G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 44/22 .195/.227/.268/.496 .420/.573 .235 30/.624 6/0 0/
19.Denorfia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/33 .260/.339/.300/.639 .467/.777 .607 41/.611 2/0 0/
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 11/.573 7/.453 4/1.250 7/.953 4/.833 5/.200 6/1.333 170/116 .230/.320/.358/.678 .475/.772 .769 113/.584 4/2 3/
22.Hannahan* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 5/.933 ··· ··· 2/3.000 1/no AB 3/1.167 107/87 .229/.383/.361/.745 .753/.743 .711 63/.891 0/0 2/
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 44/17 .205/.295/.359/.654 .515/.824 .442 38/.616 1/0 2/
24.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/.667 149/102 .265/.329/.316/.645 .554/.687 .546 104/.597 1/1 1/
5.Sweeney G/S/vP 38/1.361 5/.000 3/.000 11/.739 10/.650 ··· 1/2.000 8/.661 92/47 .313/.370/.446/.815 .785/.840 .844 48/.886 0/0 2/
15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 93/83 .268/.326/.341/.668 .522/.685 .643 69/.597 3/0 0/
35.Thomas G/S/vP 31/1.433 21/.793 1/.000 8/1.300 15/1.610 5/.600 5/1.000 13/1.098 136/100 .214/.353/.348/.701 .553/.757 .724 93/.664 0/0 3/
IP 20.1 15.2 9.1 16.0 6.1 22.0 16.0 20.2 TOTAL .251/.336/.358/.695 .628/.726 .696 .685 14/4 20/27
ERA-K/9 1.33/4.9 5.17/8.6 2.89/11.6 0.56/7.9 2.84/2.9 4.50/3.7 3.38/3.9 3.48/6.1 4.62/5.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Bowen (0-0-0)
 Suzuki (14-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 83/.256 74/.203 40/.235 66/.173 25/.217 96/.263 64/.175 87/.224 .275  Brown
 Denorfia
 Sweeney
 Cust
 Murphy
 Davis
21/1/23/3
12/10/1/1
0/29/8/0
23/0/0/0
1/0/0/0
3/16/1/0
OPS .622 .678 .707 .543 .497 .778 .564 .618 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 38/.645 35/.388 16/.976 26/.718 15/.481 47/.939 18/.411 36/.734 .809
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 45/.600 39/.981 24/.536 40/.424 10/.522 49/.622 46/.618 51/.538 .747
Home 53/.602 29/.511 16/.713 18/.584 11/.586 49/.918 35/.621 44/.626 .753
Last 28d days 83/.622 58/.724 40/.707 53/.552 19/.440 74/.815 51/.655 59/.596
HR/SB/CS 0/1/1 1/1/0 1/1/1 0/0/2 0/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 31/24/11
Usage ····X··· Xo·X···o X·X···oX ··X·o·o· o·o··o·· X····X·· XX·X···· ·oX····X
Texas Rangers Batters (4.55 RS/G) vs. Oakland Athletics Pitchers (3.66 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
59.Brown
G/S/vB
33.Devine
G/S/vB
41.Embree*
G/S/vB
29.Foulke
G/S/vB
44.Casilla
G/S/vB
20.Street
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
41.Boggs# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 47/32 .357/.404/.595/.999 1.324/.839 1.493 47/.999 0/1 2/
21.Bradley# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 5/.200 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 139/89 .313/.424/.530/.955 1.066/.885 1.132 100/1.035 0/2 5/
27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP 5/1.267 2/2.000 ··· 9/.222 24/.625 2/2.000 3/.666 88/82 .257/.368/.419/.787 .750/.787 .561 63/1.020 1/0 2/
6.Duran G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 49/29 .195/.267/.293/.559 .691/.471 .607 49/.559 0/0 1/
32.Hamilton* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 170/121 .300/.353/.533/.886 .789/.925 1.043 120/.891 0/0 7/
5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· 3/1.000 ··· 6/.583 2/1.000 4/.667 5/.400 161/127 .296/.350/.423/.773 .570/.827 .784 110/.771 8/0 3/
15.Laird G/S/vP 7/.143 5/.400 ··· 4/.500 3/.833 2/1.000 5/.000 111/85 .257/.312/.386/.698 .641/.716 .547 76/.659 0/1 3/
30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /
7.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 159/107 .259/.323/.446/.769 .597/.858 .650 115/.751 3/1 4/
25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 32/22 .185/.313/.222/.535 .200/.703 .683 32/.535 0/0 0/
16.Shelton G/S/vP 3/.666 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 27/13 .125/.222/.292/.514 .445/.594 .381 27/.514 1/0 1/
12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 63/54 .309/.377/.455/.832 .661/.857 1.137 53/.807 0/0 1/
10.Young G/S/vP 32/.768 4/1.833 1/.000 12/1.326 11/1.182 7/1.238 9/.666 161/125 .296/.360/.430/.790 .949/.740 .726 111/.847 1/0 3/
IP 11.0 18.0 13.1 16.0 8.0 18.0 15.1 TOTAL .265/.339/.426/.765 .724/.780 .798 .781 15/5 40/34
ERA-K/9 0.82/12.3 2.00/7.0 0.68/10.2 2.81/7.9 4.50/9.0 0.50/10.5 4.11/9.4 3.25/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Laird (19-7-1)
 Saltalamacchia (3-2-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 45/.184 73/.194 53/.200 62/.214 35/.250 66/.155 65/.224 .238  Hamilton
 Murphy
 Boggs
 Duran
 Bradley
 Catalanotto
0/29/6/2
13/8/24/1
12/0/1/0
2/0/1/0
1/0/6/0
17/0/0/0
OPS .574 .566 .465 .667 .721 .420 .762 .648
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 20/.476 35/.613 18/.513 22/.814 13/.490 29/.351 28/1.132 .610
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 25/.653 38/.516 35/.441 40/.586 22/.842 37/.478 37/.508 .673
Road / 31/.450 29/.678 23/.948 15/1.005 27/.632 25/.335 .689
Last 28d days / 42/.598 38/.373 28/.334 7/1.238 41/.314 35/.629
HR/SB/CS 1/1/0 1/0/1 0/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 3/1/0 24/14/9
Usage ···X·o·X ···X·o·o o···ooX· X······· o···X·oo ·····XX·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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